Dr. Vitarbo is Board Certified in Neurosurgery and Neurocritical Care. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1997, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She completed her neurological surgery residency and a NIH funded Neurotrauma research fellowship at the University of Miami in 2004. Since 2006, she was on staff at UFHealth Jacksonville, where she served in the capacity of Director of Neurotrauma, and was integral in the establishment of the Neurointensive Care Unit. She is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurosurgery, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Neurocritical Care Society.

Dr. Vitarbo specializes in Neurotrauma, both surgical and medical management, and brings a wealth of experience to patients with a variety of disorders of the nervous system involving the spine, brain and peripheral nerves. In additional to providing a broad range of neurosurgical care, Dr. Vitarbo serves as an integral member of the neurosurgical and trauma medical staff, providing essential neurosurgical care for life threatening trauma related occurrences.